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1、HotelIntroductionIntroductionuFROM THE WORLDs #1 STORYTELLERuHOTELHOTELuThe runway best-seller that brings vividly to life all the nonstop human adventure raging behind the scenes and behaind the closed doors of a grand hotel. Only a natural stoyteller like Arthur Hailey could combine the authentic

2、inner workings - the machinery,the people,the secrets - of running a luxury hotel with the compelling tales of men and women facing crises of love or hate, success or failure. and bring us another outstanding work of first-class literary entertainment.Author of the Hotel Arthur Hailey (5 April 1920

3、24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist, whose works have sold more than 170 million copies in 40 languages. Most of the novels are set within one major industry, such as hotels, banks or airlines, and explore the particular human conflicts sparked-off by that environment. They are notable

4、 for their plain style, extreme realism, based on months of detailed research, and a sympathetic down-to-earth hero with whom the reader can easily identify.Basic info about Basic info about Arthur HaileyArthur HaileyNationalityBritish and CanadiaTimeEducationElementary schools in EnglandMilitary Se

5、rvice Flight Lieutenant(空軍少尉空軍少尉). Served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force(英國(guó)皇家空軍英國(guó)皇家空軍) 1939-1947CareerOffice boy and clerk, London1934-1939assistant editor1947-1949editor1949-1953freelance writerSince 1956AwardsCanadian Council of Authors and Artists award1956Best Canadian TV Playwright award1957

6、, 1958Doubleday Prize Novel award1962His works (marked * as his bestseller)*The Final Diagnosis (1959) In High Places (1960)*Hotel (1965)*Airport (1968)Wheels (1971)Overload (1979)*Strong Medicine (1984)*The Evening News (1990)Detective (1997)Back to HoteluA reflection of the drawbacks of Americas c

7、apitalist society.Back to HoteluPlotuConflict and desire, secrets and shocking destinies - all are part of the fascinating world of the famous St. Gregory, a New Orleans luxury hotel.uFor five sultry days of a hot Louisiana summer, and a stunning heart-stopping climax awaits them all.uHotel name: St

8、. Gregory, a New Orleans luxury hotel uOwner: Warren TrentuBackground: the management of hotel is bad and losing money.uLast time: Monday to FridayCharacter in HoteluPeter McDermott, manager Warren Trent, proprietor uChristine Francis, secretary to Warren Trent Aloysius Royce, administrative assista

9、nt to Warren Trent Curtis OKeefe, owner of the OKeefe chain Dorothy Dodo Lash, OKeefes starlet companion Albert Wells, aging hotel guest The Duke and Duchess of Croydon, guests in the Presidential Suite Ogilvie, house detective Julius Keycase Milne, hotel thief Herbie Chandler, villainous Bell Capta

10、in Marsha Prescott, one night guest in the hotel Character in HotelChapters in HoteluMonday eveninguTuesdayuWednesdayuThursdyuFridayChapter 1uMonday eveninguAt the Monday evening ,it express the bad management of the hotel,losing things, complaint and the night manager off sick. whats more Peter sav

11、ed a girl from drunk boys.uIn the part it shows many deficiency of the luxury .Chapter 2uWednesdayuThe Duck and Duchess killed people in a accident and escaped.The couple instantly went to the hotel and intended to make an alibi. Ogilvie drived the car then gained total 25,000dollars.uBut at the end

12、 Peter and police find those things.Chapter 3uThursdyuOgilvies memo to Peter,and Peter link him with thief who was operating in hotel.uChristine took care of Albert-an old hotel guest well and saved his life.at last both of them left Hotel.Back to things before BlackmailuThe Duke is an international

13、ly famous statesman and the newly-appointed British ambassador to Washington. He and his wife occupy the best suite in St. Gregory. On Monday evening while driving back with his wife from a gambling house, the Duke knocks down a woman and her child. Both are killed. Things before BlackmailuThe Duke

14、and the Duchess, however, drive away. The hit-and-run becomes top sensational news in New Orleans. The hotels chief house detective Ogilvil notices the battered car when comes back. Instead of reporting to the police, he goes to see the Duke and the Duchess Setting of BlackmailuThe story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of U.S.uCroydon Suite in St. Gregory Hotel: uThe suite the Croydons are staying in is St. Gregory Hot